Vice President, AI Platform Lead

VWH Capital Management, LP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Benefits package

Job summary

VWH Capital Management, LP is seeking a Vice President, AI Platform Lead to transform the business into an AI-native platform. You will own the data foundation, deploy agentic capabilities, and scale them across teams.

This is the central accountability role for AI, partnering with senior management to adopt tools and ensure security, compliance, and governance standards. You will work with multiple teams to identify where AI reduces manual work while maintaining control and oversight.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IT, data engineering, or applied AI/ML roles.
• Hands-on experience integrating LLM-based tools into internal workflows with secure deployments.
• Familiarity with enterprise security concepts: SSO/SAML, access provisioning, and data governance.
• Strong cross-functional communicator across departments with varying tech expertise.

Responsibilities

• Build a strategic, AI-native platform spanning data integration, AI models and tools, workflow orchestration, and data governance.
• Develop and deploy the firm’s AI roadmap and evaluate onboarding new AI capabilities.
• Design and enforce security and access controls for AI tools, including SSO enforcement and data-handling policies.
• Partner with all departments to identify AI-enabled efficiency gains and drive change end-to-end.
• Set standards and guardrails for how AI is used with sensitive data.
• Serve as an internal trainer and champion for safe and effective use of AI tools.

Skills

AI Platform leadership

LLM deployments

Cross-functional comms

Data governance

Tools

Claude integration

OpenAI tools

Job description

Company Description

VWH Capital Management, LP ("VWH") is an SEC-registered investment advisor and private equity firm with multi-billion dollars in assets under management. VWH’s flagship Fund III was announced as a Top 10 Best Performing Debt Funds in Bloomberg League Tables 2026. In addition, the firm is the winner of the 2025 Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Awards for Performance of the Year: RE Debt over $500 million; Performance of the Year: Distressed Debt over $500 million; and Capital Raise of the Year: Debt Fund. VWH is a major player in the U.S. distressed residential mortgage loan space and seeks to generate long-term returns in securitized products, distressed credit, and whole loans. VWH is a Minority and Women-Owned Business ("MWOB"). For more information visit www.vwhcapital.com.

Company Description

VWH Capital Management, LP ("VWH") is an SEC-registered investment advisor and private equity firm with multi-billion dollars in assets under management. VWH’s flagship Fund III was announced as a Top 10 Best Performing Debt Funds in Bloomberg League Tables 2026. In addition, the firm is the winner of the 2025 Private Equity Wire US Emerging Manager Awards for Performance of the Year: RE Debt over $500 million; Performance of the Year: Distressed Debt over $500 million; and Capital Raise of the Year: Debt Fund. VWH is a major player in the U.S. distressed residential mortgage loan space and seeks to generate long-term returns in securitized products, distressed credit, and whole loans. VWH is a Minority and Women-Owned Business ("MWOB"). For more information visit www.vwhcapital.com.

Job Description

VWH is seeking a Vice President, AI Platform Lead to transform our business into an AI-native platform — building a strong data foundation and deploying agentic capabilities across the platform. This will be our first hire focused on AI, and the ideal candidate will own the build end-to-end — designing the data foundation and deploying agentic capabilities that reshape how the firm works, then scaling them across every team. As the firm's central point of accountability for AI, you'll work with senior management to decide which tools we adopt and drive them from individual experimentation into dependable, firmwide capabilities. This role will work closely with teams across the business to identify where AI can meaningfully reduce manual work, while also ensuring every deployment meets the security, compliance, and data-governance standards our business requires.

Responsibilities

• Build a strategic, AI-native platform spanning data integration, AI models and tools, workflow orchestration, and data governance


• Develop and deploy the firm’s AI roadmap, serving as the primary point of contact for evaluating and onboarding new AI capabilities, or alternative technologies


• Design and enforce security and access controls for AI tools, including SSO enforcement, session/device restrictions, data-handling policies, and audit logging


• Partner with all firm departments to identify where AI can replace manual work and drive change end-to-end


• Evaluate and resolve access friction issues by finding or building AI-compatible workarounds that remain compliant to company standards


• Set standards and guardrails for how AI is used with sensitive data


• Serve as an internal trainer and champion, helping other teams use AI tools effectively and safely


• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IT, data engineering, or applied AI/ML roles, ideally with exposure to financial services or mortgage/real estate data


• Hands-on experience integrating LLM-based tools (Claude, OpenAI, etc.) into internal workflows — not just using them, but architecting secure deployments


• Familiarity with enterprise security concepts: SSO/SAML, access provisioning, and data governance


• Strong cross-functional communicator, comfortable operating between multiple departments who have various degrees of technological expertise


• Ability to work full-time in Uptown Dallas office.


• Permanent US work authorization is required.

Additional Information

Compensation And Benefits

VWH offers a competitive compensation package for this role, including a base salary, performance-based bonus, and comprehensive benefits, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

VWH Capital Management, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic prohibited by applicable law.